FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATEWIDE AVIATION Economic Impact Study 3 2 5 7 1 4 6 Technical Report 2019 Contents 1. Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Study Purpose ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Communicating Results ................................................................................................................ 5 1.4 Florida’s Airports ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Study Conventions ...................................................................................................................... 10 1.5.1 Study Terminology .............................................................................................................. 10 1.6 Report Organization .................................................................................................................... 12 2. Summary of Findings ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 FDOT District Results ................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 On-Airport Activity and Visitor Spending Summary ................................................................... 17 2.2.1 Impacts of Multiplier Effects ............................................................................................... 18 3. Approach Overview............................................................................................................................. 22 3.1 Data Collection ............................................................................................................................ 23 3.2 Economic Modeling Process ....................................................................................................... 27 3.2.1 Data Gaps ............................................................................................................................ 27 3.2.2 Multiplier Impacts ............................................................................................................... 27 4. Introduction to Impacts ...................................................................................................................... 30 5. On-Airport Activity .............................................................................................................................. 32 5.1 Airport Administration ................................................................................................................ 32 5.2 On-Airport Tenants ..................................................................................................................... 33 5.3 Capital Improvements ................................................................................................................. 36 5.4 Regional and State Economic Contribution from On-Airport Activity ........................................ 38 6. Visitor Spending .................................................................................................................................. 41 6.1 Commercial Service Airport Visitor Spending ............................................................................. 42 6.2 General Aviation Visitor Spending .............................................................................................. 48 6.3 Combined Commercial Service and General Aviation Airport Visitor Spending ........................ 51 7. Industry Reliance ................................................................................................................................. 52 7.1 Selection of Business-Reliant Companies ................................................................................... 52 8. Military Spending ................................................................................................................................ 55 i | P a g e 9. Aviation-Related Education ................................................................................................................ 57 10. Appendices ........................................................................................................................................ A-1 Appendix A: Economic Impacts by Airport ........................................................................................... A-2 Appendix B: Economic Impacts by FDOT District .................................................................................. A-6 Appendix C: Case Studies ...................................................................................................................... A-9 Appendix D: Military Aviation Analysis ............................................................................................... A-30 Appendix E: Study Methodology ........................................................................................................ A-44 Appendix F: Definitions ....................................................................................................................... A-57 Appendix G: Survey Instruments ........................................................................................................ A-59 ii | P a g e Figures Figure 1-1. Statewide Benefits from Aviation ............................................................................................... 3 Figure 1-2. Study Result Categories .............................................................................................................. 5 Figure 1-3. Florida’s Public-Use Airports ....................................................................................................... 8 Figure 1-4. Florida’s Military Airports ........................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2-1. Total Output by FDOT District................................................................................................... 14 Figure 2-2. Total Employment by FDOT District ......................................................................................... 16 Figure 2-3. Total Payroll by FDOT District ................................................................................................... 16 Figure 2-4. Industries Supported by Florida Airports from Supplier Purchases and Employee Spending . 19 Figure 3-1. 2019 FDOT Aviation EIS Methodology ...................................................................................... 22 Figure 3-2. Multiplier Effects Explained ...................................................................................................... 28 Figure 3-3. Modeling Flow Chart................................................................................................................. 29 Figure 5-1. On-Airport Tenant Employment by Type of Service ................................................................. 34 Figure 5-2. Annual Capital Improvements: Airport Infrastructure (Average 2014-2016) .......................... 37 Figure 5-3. Investments in Tenant Improvements by Airport (2017) ......................................................... 37 Figure 5-4. FDOT Districts ........................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 5-5. On-Airport Activity Regional and Rest of State Impacts ........................................................... 40 Figure 6-1. Average Domestic and International Out-of-State Visitor Spending per Trip: Personal and Business Purposes ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 6-2. Average Domestic Visitor Spending per Trip by Commercial Service Airport (2017) ............... 44 Figure 6-3. Average International Visitor Spending per Trip by Commercial Service Airport (2017) ......... 45 Figure 6-4. Category of Spending for Domestic and International Commercial Service Airports .............. 46 Figure 6-5. General Aviation Visitor Spending by Category at Commercial Service and General Aviation Airports ....................................................................................................................................................... 50 Figure 7-1. Survey Responses by Range of Aviation Reliance ..................................................................... 53 Figure 8-1. Military Airports ........................................................................................................................ 55 Appendices - Figures Figure D-1. Map of Military Aviation in the State of Florida ................................................................... A-32 Figure E-1. Major Components of Economic Contribution Analysis ....................................................... A-44 Figure E-2. Circulation of Dollars in Regional and State Economies ....................................................... A-47 Figure E-3. Map of FDOT Districts ........................................................................................................... A-50 Figure